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Etymology 1

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From French fluence.

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fluence (countable and uncountable, plural fluences)

  1. (obsolete) Fluency
  2. (physics) A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation)
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Etymology 2

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Shortened form of influence.

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fluence (plural fluences)

  1. A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 191:
      I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.